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Kalifiko

PLAY WITH WORDS

You try to get rid of all your cards but one! How do you do this? You play one card for a term/item that has been named by another player if you believe that the description on your card fits the item or that you can convince others that it fits. One player takes on the role of orator and names an item. Each player who believes that he holds a card that fits the item can now try to play this card. To achieve this you must hit the bell as quickly as you can. If you are first to do so you read out the description on the card of your choice, for instance “is heavier than 3 tons” or “needs electricity” or “contains wood”. When all other players agree that this description fits the item you can now discard your card and take up the role of orator to name a new item. But if only one player disagrees with your description he can demand a vote: If the majority of players votes against your description you must discard this card and draw two new ones. When the majority agrees with your description the player who demanded the vote must draw two penalty cards. Now the player who was second in hitting the bell can put forward his choice of description for the item. If no description at all has been put forward for the item the narrator discards one of his cards and names a new item. A game of Kalifiko comprises three rounds – the first player to be left with only one card wins the round and chooses one of the five variants named in the rules for the next round.  

A witty and unusual definition game, in as there are no given item cards, it offers lots of opportunities for fun and discussion, provided you speak French!

Players: 3-8

Age: 8+

Time: 45+

Designer: Alexis Gravy

Artist: not named

Price: ca. 14 Euro

Publisher: Repos Productions 2012

Web: www.rprod.com

Genre: Language game

Users: With friends

Special: Many players

Version: fr

Rules: fr

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Descriptions on the cards use very simple vocabulary

Nice to freshen up French language

Only for fans of word and association games

Compares to:

Ein solches Ding

Other editions:

Currently none

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Strategy (blue): 0

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Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 3

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 2

Action (dark green): 0